Emergency Disaster Services Providing Mobile Housing Trailers During COVID-19 Crisis
LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Central Kentucky based emergency disaster services company is donating specialized mobile housing trailers to help 600 people living in a Lexington homeless shelter maintain proper social distancing. Emergency Disaster Services has crews that are headed to hard-hit areas of the U.S. like Miami, Boston, and New York to build and maintain […]
Coronavirus Update: 250-Bed Hospital Being Set Up at Miami-Dade Fairgrounds
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Instead of crowds lining up for carnival rides, there are construction crews at the Miami-Dade County fairgrounds. They’re working on building a 250-bed field hospital there in case it is needed to house coronavirus patients. Officials say there are no plans to open it for now, but it will serve as a […]
T-Mobile Disaster Training Plays Out
Emergency management teams with T-Mobile performed an exercise Wednesday at noon in Maysville to train for potential disasters that crews may have to deal with and how to respond in such an event to ensure their wireless service is operational. Tony Grat, senior manager of Emergency Management for T-Mobile said he and the rest of […]
EDS Helps Catholic Action Center Shelter People During the Cold
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — The Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) is helping the Catholic Action Center make sure that people experiencing homelessness have a warm place to go as the temperatures drop. Ginny Ramsey with the Catholic Action Center tells LEX 18 that there are already 180 people signed up to stay at the center. […]
Kentucky Company Talks About the Aftermath of Irma
Employees at EDS have been in Florida for 11 days now. We spoke with Founder Jerry Lundergan, who is currently staying at their West Palm Beach Camp location. “Basically they give us these 11 sites, like this airport. We have another site down in Miami. We also have one in Daytona Motor Speedway and St. […]
Maysville Group Sending Mobile Kitchens, Restrooms to Florida Ahead of Hurricane
MAYSVILLE, Ky. (WKYT) – Members of Emergency Disasters Services are loading up and getting ready as Hurricane Irma approaches the United States. The same group traveled down to Texas to help the victims affected by Hurricane Harvey. According to their website, Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) is a seasoned group of experienced and knowledgeable professionals specializing […]